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Flashdance
1983
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Directed by
Starring
Jennifer Beals · Michael Nouri · Lilia Skala · Sunny Johnson · Kyle T. Heffner · Lee Ving
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
- Debut box office: 1st Jul '83
- Debut position: 2
- Highest position: 2
- Debut gross: £331 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 13
US box office
- Box Office debut: 15th Apr '83
- Debut position: 2
- Highest position: 1
- Debut gross: $4.1 Million
- Total chart weeks: 27
Chart position history
UK box office
1 Jul, 1983
2
2
8 Jul, 1983
4
4
15 Jul, 1983
3
3
22 Jul, 1983
4
4
29 Jul, 1983
5
5
5 Aug, 1983
4
4
12 Aug, 1983
4
4
19 Aug, 1983
6
6
26 Aug, 1983
6
6
2 Sep, 1983
6
6
9 Sep, 1983
7
7
16 Sep, 1983
8
8
23 Sep, 1983
9
9
US box office
15 Apr, 1983
2
2
22 Apr, 1983
1
1
29 Apr, 1983
1
1
6 May, 1983
1
1
13 May, 1983
3
3
20 May, 1983
4
4
27 May, 1983
3
3
3 Jun, 1983
6
6
10 Jun, 1983
6
6
17 Jun, 1983
7
7
24 Jun, 1983
9
9
1 Jul, 1983
10
10
8 Jul, 1983
9
9
15 Jul, 1983
9
9
22 Jul, 1983
10
10
29 Jul, 1983
12
12
5 Aug, 1983
12
12
12 Aug, 1983
14
14
19 Aug, 1983
11
11
26 Aug, 1983
10
10
2 Sep, 1983
7
7
9 Sep, 1983
7
7
16 Sep, 1983
7
7
23 Sep, 1983
6
6
30 Sep, 1983
10
10
7 Oct, 1983
10
10
14 Oct, 1983
8
8
Global box office
Total grosses
UK total gross
£2 Million
£2 Million
US total gross
$92.9 Million
$92.9 Million
Global total gross
$205.9 Million
$205.9 Million 25thframe.co.uk stats
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